>Prescription stimulants are a common starting point for a lot of younger kids entering their programs right now.
So is drinking water, I presume.
This has "weed is a gateway drug" written all over it.
>It’s not just pointless fear mongering
It is pointless fear mongering in the sense that the risks are very low for the people with the condition the stimulant is prescribed for.
If you wear prescription glasses for fun, you can screw up your vision easily.
If you take chemotherapy for fun, you will mess up your health.
Heck, wearing wrong size shoes for extended periods of time will destroy your feet.
So go figure, people who don't have ADHD and take meds for ADHD are messing up their health.
The big question is why protecting people who are abusing the medication is more important than making it available to people who need it.
Abusing the meds has adverse effects, sure.
Not having access to meds has much stronger adverse effects. Like not being able to function in this society (getting an education, holding a job, having a relationship), depression, and higher suicide rates.
The risks from abusing Adderall are, as far as I know, significantly smaller in comparison.
But somehow, increasing risk of death for ADHD folks is deemed acceptable in this society if it can be done under the pretense of reducing alcoholism (without much evidence that it actually addresses the problem).
>These drugs are very popular recreationally among high school and college students and prescriptions are often sought to allow them to drink more alcohol for longer into the night.
So, we're talking about people who are already determined to get wasted on alcohol, and somehow, it's Adderall that is the problem here — not the alcohol, not the alcoholics, not the party culture, and not the fact that removing Adderall from the equation still leaves you with people who are determined to drink beyond what they know they can handle.
I'm without words.
Disclaimer: I have ADHD[1], and I have benefited tremendously from having access to medication[2] after getting a late diagnosis[3] at the age of 34.
So is drinking water, I presume.
This has "weed is a gateway drug" written all over it.
>It’s not just pointless fear mongering
It is pointless fear mongering in the sense that the risks are very low for the people with the condition the stimulant is prescribed for.
If you wear prescription glasses for fun, you can screw up your vision easily.
If you take chemotherapy for fun, you will mess up your health.
Heck, wearing wrong size shoes for extended periods of time will destroy your feet.
So go figure, people who don't have ADHD and take meds for ADHD are messing up their health.
The big question is why protecting people who are abusing the medication is more important than making it available to people who need it.
Abusing the meds has adverse effects, sure.
Not having access to meds has much stronger adverse effects. Like not being able to function in this society (getting an education, holding a job, having a relationship), depression, and higher suicide rates.
The risks from abusing Adderall are, as far as I know, significantly smaller in comparison.
But somehow, increasing risk of death for ADHD folks is deemed acceptable in this society if it can be done under the pretense of reducing alcoholism (without much evidence that it actually addresses the problem).
>These drugs are very popular recreationally among high school and college students and prescriptions are often sought to allow them to drink more alcohol for longer into the night.
So, we're talking about people who are already determined to get wasted on alcohol, and somehow, it's Adderall that is the problem here — not the alcohol, not the alcoholics, not the party culture, and not the fact that removing Adderall from the equation still leaves you with people who are determined to drink beyond what they know they can handle.
I'm without words.
Disclaimer: I have ADHD[1], and I have benefited tremendously from having access to medication[2] after getting a late diagnosis[3] at the age of 34.
[1] https://romankogan.net/adhd
[2] https://romankogan.net/adhd#Medication
[3] https://romankogan.net/adhd#Diagnosis